Paul Gauguin started painting relatively late in life, with his first paintings dating to the time when he was working as a stockbroker in Paris. It was only in his mid-thirtyies that he decided to dedicate himself completely to professional painting, after a profund crisis of his marriage with Mette-Sophie Gad, a Danish woman he married in 1873. This impressionist still life, Still Life with … Continue reading Paul Gauguin 🖌🖼🇬🇧
Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great) is the single greatest leader in all of history because he lead one of the grandest armies in the world and established one of the largest empires of antiquity. Dozens of the cities which he established still exist today, and the culture he spread and assimilated is very evident in the lands in which his empire existed. Truly, … Continue reading Alexander the Great 🗿🏛📚
🇬🇧🎨 by Jean-Pierre Yvaral, 1969, acrylic paint on chipboard, Tate Modern, London – Extraordinary optical 3D effect using contrasting colours and geometrical shapes with red and purple tones. 🇮🇹 Struttura ambigua n. 92 🎨 di Jean-Pierre Yvaral, 1969, pittura acrilica su truciolato, Tate Modern, Londra – Straordinario effetto ottico 3D ottenuto con colori contrastanti e forme geometriche sui toni del rosso e porpora. 🇫🇷 Structure ambiguë n. 92 🎨 … Continue reading Ambiguous Structure n. 92 🎨🔲🔶
🇬🇧 Breakers on a Flat Beach, 🎨 oil painting on canvas by JMW Turner, 1845 🇮🇹 Frangiflutti su una spiaggia piatta, 🎨 dipinto ad olio su tela di JMW Turner, 1845 🇫🇷 Brise-lames sur une plage plate, 🎨 huile sur toile de JMW Turner, 1845 Tate Britain – London 💂🏼♀️♥️📷🎨📱 Originally posted on my Instagram page Continue reading Breakers on a Flat Beach, by Turner 🌥🌊☁️
